What would you rather be, a hapless dupe or a willing ostrich? Throughout the wasting years of his third, truncated, mandate as mayor of Montreal, Gérald Tremblay clung to the capsized rowboat of moral indignation and self preservation like a beleaguered Captain Ahab staring down Moby Dick.

It looks like the Montreal Police Department’s adventure buying motorcycles this year was born to be wild. The executive committee at city hall approved the purchase of five 2015 Harley-Davidson motorcycles for the police at a meeting on Wednesday.

A new loophole has become apparent since Montreal city council voted this week in favour of closing loopholes in Quebec’s integrity law that have allowed firms to bid on consulting and supply contracts related to construction projects without requiring authorization from the province’s integrity watchdog.

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Premier Pauline Marois told the Quebec National Assembly on Thursday